This is my course blog, to acheive a Level 3 Diploma, I must complete in total 6 units, I have already completed 3 of these units and this blog which contains the remaining three units comprising of:
Unit 205 Photo Imaging Equipment and Materials
Unit 212 Working to a Imaging Project Brief
Unit 310 Photo Imaging Output

Saturday, 9 October 2010

The Brief and Process

After a discussion with Mr Steve our long suffering lecturer, We came to an agreement as to what my brief will be and this is what it is!

In summary I shall be producing 12 images of prestige cars with accompanying models to be used to produce a calendar.

How interpret the brief is down to my personal artistic design, I originally wanted to get classic cars with models in period dress that would have suited the car ages, as I can only have some modern and some classic car available to me I shall have a range of of styles of cars and model dress being in the calendar. I'm now thinking of getting the models to wear party, cocktail dresses, high heeled shoes, fancy jewelry etc to standardize on the theme.

Style
It shall be a car and model shoot in an editorial style the background slightly underexposed and blurred with additional studio lighting to emphasize the both the car and the model. As the time of year that we will be shooting is Autumn I will be hoping to get rich autumnal colours accenting and complementing the cars and models.

The end result image or impression I am wanting to portray is one of opulence, richness of colour, an insight into a better , there will be a main image emphasizing the car with the model as accessorizing then side thumbnails with abstracts of the car and the model

The image below from Mark Peterman epitomizes the style I'm wanting to achieve.

About Me

Born in 1967 in Burton Upon Trent, Staffordshire, James has spent most of his life around the midlands, Staffordshire, Derbyshire area.

He first given a camera on his 11th birthday - a Kodak brownie with a flipfop flash and 110 Cartridge film, which he still has to this day, his next camera was a practika TL3 SLR and a 50mm Prime and a 70 - 200mm Zoom lens and self taught himself the basics of photography.

In 2008 he started attending classes in photography at the local college, and made great use of the studio facilities, Which is where he first started working with models. working his way though to Level 4 City & Guilds Diploma and is still there continuing to this day.